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The Lake District after the floodshttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/blog/2009/dec/15/lake-district-cumbria-floods
The floods have receded and a new campaign means that you could bag a bargain over Christmas and New Year. Georgia Brown reports from a crowd-free Cumbria<p>November's '&quot;once in a 1,000 year&quot; deluge transformed the Lake District's peaceful villages and poetic hills into <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/24/cumbria-flood-warnings"> scenes of water-logged chaos</a>. Images of broken bridges, flooded streets and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/20/cumbria-floods-search-missing-policeman">the tragic death of a police officer</a> persuaded many tourists that the Lakes were a no-go area.</p><p>Bookings were cancelled, as far ahead as spring 2010, while the tourist board's emergency hotline received calls from people asking simply, &quot;Can we still come to Cumbria?&quot;, as if the entire county had vanished beneath the water.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/blog/2009/dec/15/lake-district-cumbria-floods">Continue reading...</a>Lake DistrictUnited KingdomTravelWalking holidaysFloodingEnglandTue, 15 Dec 2009 09:40:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/blog/2009/dec/15/lake-district-cumbria-floodsGeorgia BrownClear skies ... most areas of the Lakes are flood free and as fantastic for winter walking as ever. Photograph: James LeechGeorgia BrownThe Lake District Photograph: Georgia BrownGeorgia Brown2009-12-15T09:40:00Z